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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE<br/>
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CHAPTER 22
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David prepares gold, silver, brass, iron, stone, and cedar wood for the temple—He charges Solomon to do the work of building it.
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Then</span> David said, This <i>is</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Chr. 3: 1.">house</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God, and this <i>is</i> the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/22/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 24: 18.">altar</a> of the burnt offering for Israel.
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And David commanded to gather together the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 9: 21.">strangers</a> that <i>were</i> in the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/22/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Land of.">land</a> of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
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And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
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Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 5: 6.">cedar</a> wood to David.
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And David said, Solomon my son <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 3: 7; 1 Chr. 29: 1.">young</a> and tender, and the house <i>that is</i> to be builded for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>must be</i> exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will <i>therefore</i> now make preparation for it.  So David prepared abundantly before his death.
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&#182; Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Temple.">house</a> for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel.
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And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 7: 3 (3-5).">mind</a> to build an <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/22/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 132: 5 (1-5).">house</a> unto the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> my God:
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But the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
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Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 4: 24 (24-25); 1 Kgs. 5: 4.">rest</a> from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/22/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 12: 24 (24-25); 1 Kgs. 1: 13 (11-14).">Solomon</a>, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
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He shall <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 6: 12.">build</a> an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I <i>will</i> <i>be</i> his father; and I will establish the throne of his <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/22/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 2: 15.">kingdom</a> over Israel for ever.
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Now, my son, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> thy God, as he hath said of thee.
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Only the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> thy God.
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Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Courage.">courage</a>; dread not, nor be dismayed.
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Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> an hundred thousand <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 29: 4.">talents</a> of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
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Moreover <i>there are</i> workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
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Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, <i>there is</i> no number.  Arise <i>therefore,</i> and be doing, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> be with thee.
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&#182; David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, <i>saying,</i>
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<i>Is</i> not the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God with you?  and hath he <i>not</i> given you rest on every side?  for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and before his people.
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Now set your heart and your soul to seek the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God, to bring the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/22/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Ark of the Covenant.">ark</a> of the covenant of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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